What Is the Difference Between Group Polarization and Groupthink? When we join together in groups‚ most times we have to make decisions about something the group will do. Social psychologists have discovered tendencies which we do while making group decisions. Two of theses tendencies are group polarization and groupthink. Group polarization refers to a situation in which the attitudes or decisions of people in the group come on much stronger than in actuality. Usually when people with different
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Major points Groupthink is a form of a phenomenon characterized by members of a group choosing to evaluate consensus and conformity and preservation of the group above other values. In the example of Pennsylvania State University football assistant coach Jerry Sandusky abused children. While Sandusky colleague’s choses to protect him rather than doom Penn State image and program. The decision was based primarily on how group members will react rather than what was at the ethical or professional
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A psychological phenomenon where people tend to strive for consensus within a group while assuming their decisions cannot be wrong. Individual who may have opposing beliefs often remain quiet and adopt to the groups opinion for the sake of conformity. (Cherry) Applications: 1. One setting in which groupthink occurs in the movie 12 Angry Men. The movie is about a jury who must reach a verdict of guilty or not guilty on a murder case. 11 out of the 12 jurors vote “guilty”‚ while one votes “not guilty
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negative effects‚ and groupthink is an example of the latter: Groupthink can lead to faulty decision making‚ ignored crucial alternatives‚ and varied ideas left behind. Furthermore‚ groupthink occurs when a group is highly cohesive‚ and the group members share strong relationships. Fortunately‚ there are many ways to avoid it‚ two of them are bringing people from the outside and letting people know that the leader of the group isn’t autocratic. One of the best ways to avoid groupthink is bringing people
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In the weeks immediately after the terrorist attacks on September 11th‚ 2001‚ the nation watched anxiously as the Bush Administration declared war on terror. Following the invasion of Afghanistan to hunt down those responsible for this horrific incident‚ the U.S. swiftly changed its priority to invading Iraq and overthrowing its government by capturing its president‚ Saddam Hussein. In this mission‚ the U.S. scrambled to find a connection between Saddam Hussein and the terrorist organization al-Qa’ida
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Personal responsibility is the act of being responsible for your own actions. Being mature enough to do what you are suppose to do with no procrastination. Personal responsibility plays an important role in an individual everyday life style when it comes to taking care of things you are responsible to do‚ such as: waking up in the morning‚ get ready for work‚ paying your bills on time‚ and make sure your school works are done on time. It is a personal responsibility to maintain a healthy life style
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We will tie this in with Irving Janis’ concept of groupthink‚ which is arguably caused by the development and enforcement of group norms. Daniel Feldman (1984‚ p.47) states that ‘group norms are the informal rules that groups adopt to regulate and regularise group members’ behaviour’ (Hackman‚ 1976 in Feldman 1984 p.47). When this happens it is possible and sometimes likely that bad or irrational decisions will be made. This is Janis’ groupthink‚ ‘a mode of thinking that people engage in when they
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especially as adults we seem to have a fixed mindset‚ which is “the belief that intelligence is an entity‚ set and birth and unchangeable” (Passarelli 2014). Meaning that you are intelligent because you were born into a family of well- educated people that passed the “smart” gene to you or you don’t have it because you were not born into a family who maybe went to college or finished high school. I have to say‚ I don’t agree with this theory of a fixed mindset because I know many people‚ including myself
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specific mindsets that can be used to succeed and sticking to a few or even just one can help to achieve a goal‚ experience new things‚ make a change‚ and do something one never thought was possible. The minute a person changes their mentality about a goal‚ activity‚ event‚ or anything‚ they will begin to see a difference in the way their life is moving. Angela Duckworth‚ psychologist and former teacher‚ developed the idea of growth mindset. In a TED talk‚ she explains how having a growth mindset leads
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The definition of growth mindset is “an opportunity to change and improve oneself”. It allows a person to learn or gain any skill through hard work and dedication. It is the ability to overlook a fixed mindset and learn from previous mistakes. On the contrary‚ those who possess a fixed mindset believe that they are unable to change their intelligence. Carol Dweck‚ professor of psychology at Stanford University‚ developed the concept of growth mindset as a way for students to look at failure as a
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